Having finished the lever frame and instrument shelf I decided to start the assembly of the box side panels. So far I have glued the rear and two ends to each other and to the mdf sub base and left the front off in order to fix the interior detailing.

Apparently the floor covering in most Midland signal boxes is linoleum so I cut a piece of 5 thou plasticard and painted it 'lino colour' before fixing the instrument shelf and lever frame in position at the rear of the box.

The two stoves [unfinished] have been prepositioned with a piece of brass tube [the stove chimney] also passing through a hole in the floor in order to provide a conduit for wiring two grain of wheat bulbs to provide internal lighting - well that is my plan, I'll just have to see if it works!

Looking at the floor plan I now have to decide a suitable position for the log book desk, clock, cupboard and chair. As the lever frame is at the rear of the box there is no vertical surface without glazing so this should prove interesting. My close up photos of the box are not helpful in this respect.

Here are some photos of progress so far.

Some minor sanding of the panel corners was required to give a smooth flush finished - this now requires repainting and the last photo shows the ends primed for this.